East Retford North (Bassetlaw electoral ward)

East Retford North is an electoral ward in the district of Bassetlaw. The ward elects 3 councillors to Bassetlaw District Council using the first past the post electoral system, with each councillor serving a four-year term in office. The number of registered voters in the ward is 5,013 as of 2019.

East Retford North
Electoral ward
Electorate	5,013 (2019)
District	Bassetlaw
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	DN22
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
Councillors	3

It consists of the Hallcroft estate in the north of Retford.

The ward was created in 1979 following a review of ward boundaries in Bassetlaw by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. A subsequent review of electoral arrangements in 2002 resulted in minor changes to the boundaries of the ward, although the number of councillors remained the same.

Councillors

The ward elects 3 councillors every four years. Prior to 2015, Bassetlaw District Council was elected by thirds with elections taking place every year except the year in which elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1979		T. Hirst (Labour)		C. Grove (Labour)		P. Johnston (Labour)
1980
1982		M. Quigley (Conservative)
1983				K. Straker (Conservative)
1984
1986		Graham Oxby (Labour)
1987
1988						M. Pugsley (Conservative)
1990
1991
1992
1994
1995				James Napier (Labour)
1996						M. Storey (Labour)
1998
1999
2000						Pamela Skelding (Labour)
2002†						Michael Pugsley (Conservative)
2003
2004				Anthony Tromans (Conservative)
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011						Adele Mumby (Labour)
2012				Michelle Gregory (Labour)
2014
2015				Anthony Tromans (Conservative)		Garry Clarkson (Labour)
2019				Jane Plevin (Labour)
2023				David Challinor (Labour)		Jonathan Slater (Labour)

† Minor changes to ward boundaries however the number of councillors remained the same.

Elections

2023

East Retford North (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Oxby (inc)	934	45.0%	12.1%
	Labour	David Challinor	852
	Labour	Jonathan Slater	793
	Conservative	Richard Gill	537	25.9%	3.9%
	Conservative	Anthony Dexter	505
	Conservative	Perry Offer	437
	Independent	Mark Nicholson	261	12.6%	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Coggles	173	8.3%	4.9%
	Independent	Clifford Miller	170	8.2%	NEW
Turnout			1,701	33.1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2019

East Retford North (3)
2 May 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Oxby*	895	57.1%	9.2%
	Labour	Jane Plevin	734
	Labour	Garry Clarkson*	667
	Conservative	Lynda Carter	466	29.7%	1.4%
	Conservative	Anthony Tromans*	438
	Conservative	Donald Clarke	370
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Straker	207	13.2%	N/A
Turnout			1,533	30.6%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2015

East Retford North (3)
7 May 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Oxby	1,746	47.9
	Labour	Garry Clarkson	1,311
	Conservative	Anthony Tromans	1,136	31.1%
	Labour	Ellen Mee	1,100
	UKIP	Deidre Vernon	766	21%
Turnout				64.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2014

East Retford North (1)
22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Oxby	1,013	54.6%
	Conservative	Steve Vickers	410	22.1%
	UKIP	Gyll Smith	388	20.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter	45	2.4%
Turnout

2012

East Retford North (1)
3 May 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Gregory	1,144	55.7%
	Conservative	Anthony Tromans	610	44.3%
Turnout				36.4%

2011

East Retford North (1)
5 May 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adele Mumby	1,374	59.9%
	Conservative	Mike Pugsley	920	40.1%
Turnout				47.5%

2010

East Retford North (1)
6 May 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Oxby	1,619	53.1%
	Conservative	Emma Auckland	1,146	37.6%
	BNP	David Otter	282	9.3%
Turnout				63.6%

2008

East Retford North (1)
1 May 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Tromans	965	57.9%
	Labour	Pamela Skelding	703	42.2%
Turnout

2007

East Retford North (1)
3 May 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Pugsley	1,094	61.4%
	Labour	Vaughan Thomas	689	38.6%
Turnout				37.7%

2006

East Retford North (1)
4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Oxby	889	50.5%
	Conservative	Michael Gray	873	49.5%
Turnout				36.9%

2004

East Retford North (1)
10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Tromans	1,084	51.9%
	Labour	James Napier	1,006	48.1%
Turnout

2003

East Retford North (1)
1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Pugsley	819	57%
	Labour	Pamela Skelding	617	43%
Turnout				30.6%